It has been a while since I posted here.
I had a sustained period where I was travelling for work back and forth between regional Victoria and regional Tasmania, all of this was on non-carbon neutral flights unfortunately. Some of the smaller airlines (indeed i was flying on 10 seaters going into and out of King and Flinders Island in Bass Strait) don’t have carbon offset programs.
But in addition to this was regional centres with no dedicated organic food sections. In fact a lot of the produce had been shipped on a barge (taking a few days) to get to the island and was in pretty poor shape by the time it got there.
The good news is that my small vegetable patch is beginning to thrive – I get regular rocket, basil, parsely and spinach. I fear I may have made a solar faux pas though as it doesnt get as much sun as it probably needs to. Also snails seem to be eating my broccoli, very annoying. I have been looking for a no toxic solution to this. Apparently coffee grains are good and also sharp things like egg shells…this idea appeals to me as i do make coffee at home and also like eggs.
i think one of the reasons i have not written here for so long is the the guilt attached to not being able to do the right thing, to not be able to follow some simple rules of sustainable living. i don’t want to live in a guilt trap, but i also want things to be strict enough that i feel the pressure of it. already my ways of being have changed from this experiment, there is not a single thing i buy now without considering where it came from and where it is going.
having said all that, it is good to be back on the wagon.
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martynzero // June 15, 2009 at 12:55 am |
An update on the coffee vs snails situation – it seems to be working, I can’t see any snail heart attack victims littered around the leaves, but they don’t seem to be biting as much.
Also with the amount of rain we have been having I have been trying not to over water the patch as snails love the damp.